Zandor

You arrived at Watcher's Bay on the northern shores of the Golden Coast. The mouth of the bay is blocked by a massive chain stretched just below the water's surface between two towers on either end of the bay. A row boat with an inspector and 6 armed guards boarded the ship, searched the ship for illegal goods, and let you guys through after lowering the chain.

The city, Zandor, lies atop Watcher's Cliff which rises up against the sea 200 feet high. An impressively sized waterfall empties into the sea and the docks of Zandor lie in a break in the cliff that is flanked on either end of the opening by 180 foot tall bronze statues of robed women presenting gold bowls to the sky. The lowest portions of the statues are a oxidized green from the sea's spray. The break where the docks lie is about 300 feet across and the docks themselves simply float upon the water in this break. Long paths carved into the cliff lead from the docks to the city proper above.

Zandor is a massive city home to near a million people. It is a walled city, and it is made up of mostly two-story sandstone buildings though it is dotted with much larger, and remarkably designed buildings home to businesses, wealthy families, brothels, gambling dens, and more. Not a speck of earth nor sand is in sight within the city's walls as even the streets themselves are finely built of sandstone. The city has a full sewage system, and well kept by street cleaners. The city is tighly packed, and the population is highly concentrated. Streets are crowded with comers, goers, traders, stalls, and well armed guards. The city is centered by a great trade building with a dome of gold called the Fortune Exchange, and a massive ziggurat. Nothing holds more value than coin in this place, and the city proper is a sight to behold - it isn't until you step outside the southern gate when you see the darker side of Zandor.

Beyond the southern gate is the dreaded Mud District which lies on the banks of the Mud River which runs through the city and feeds the waterfall into the sea. The Mud District makes up the slums of Zandor, and is home to the destitute, poor, mad, sick, and undesireables. The buildings in the Mud District are run down mud brick buildings, and the streets can barely be called that - they are mud stricken; strewen with sunken boards and bricks that only occasionally prevent your feet from sinking in the muck, becoming stuck, or losing a boot.

Outside the city's gates is dense jungle that has grown up around the Mud River. The jungle is densest, and stretches for hundreds of miles, to the south along the river. The jungle is sparse to the southwest, and no more than a footnote to the west where the city's walls give way to the desert. To the east the jungle is thin and light before giving way to desert beyond.